by Hilaire Belloc · Continente · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426123428
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«Luis XIV» is the historical essay by Hilaire Belloc about the Sun King, published by Continente in paperback, in Spanish.
The book combines the biography of Louis XIV with an essay on the nature of monarchy. Belloc analyzes the reign of the Sun King in seventeenth-century France and his confrontation with the power of money and the new financial elites, in contrast with the fate of James II of England. A Catholic reflection on power, European tradition and the origins of plutocracy.
The original work was published in 1938; this edition includes a prologue by Roger Buck.
For readers interested in the history of France, absolutism and reflections on political and economic power.
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as well as poetry, travelogues and satire. His Catholicism had a strong effect on his works.
